An exhibition of fine art photography, wearable art,
and lifestyle accessories featuring Rolando Chang Barrero,
Photo: Flavio Iryoda Model: Melissa St. John
Rolando Chang Barrero, artist and designer who's career began in the 80's with fashion collection called Dust created go-go mini dresses with custom printed woven metallic lurex. His designs and collections were spotlighted in New York's Details Magazine often during the mid 80's. Recently released a new printed fashion and home accessory pop-art collection called "Pajaro Paradise."
Notable designers, artists, and photographers joining us:
Live Music by DJ L'il Marsh Performances by Ryan Mercado, Naylan Alvarez, Brian Mayerbach, Carrie Capalbo, Jade Segal, Crystal Pratt, Mark Marrero, and Adam Shuman of Beards and Babes. The project is organized by The Florida Arts Association, Rolando Chang Barrero, and Sandra Schulman.
The avant-goth creative collective “Beards and Babes” will appear live at The Box Galley’s HIGH GLOSS 2018 on Saturday, July 14, 2018 from 7-10 PM. The collective of mad hatters, hipsters, punks, and models have taken their hair designs and sculptural silhouettes into the performance art arena. The creative eight will come together again since their last show stopping live performance and video premiere of No Strings Attached which will be show during an evening dedicated to the art of fashion and design.
Beards and Babes - a collective team of beauty industry professionals with the vision to curate a bridge between stylists and barbers worldwide through community enrichment projects. The collective is comprised of Ryan Mercado, Naylan Alvarez, Brian Mayerbach, Carrie Capalbo, Jade Segal, Crystal Pratt, Mark Marrero, and Adam Shuman.
Petrina Easton and Dawn Brown of E.A.G. Art News will be recording live from The Box Gallery during High Gloss 2018 on July 14, 2018 Show airs Tuesday, July 17, 2018
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About the Artists and Designers:
Barabara Hulanicki:
Barabara Hulanicki will be exhibiting her fashion illustrations as well as new designs at High Gloss.
Barbara Hulanicki was the Queen of the Swinging 60s with her hip shop Biba. From dressing Twiggy, Brigitte Bardot, David Bowie, Marianne Faithful and the Rolling Stones, she made her name with the cult fashion brand she started with her husband Stephen Fitz-Simon ("Fitz"). Epitomizing swinging London in the 60s, the first boutique opened in Kensington in 1964.
Ash Rana was born in Kathmandu, Nepal. He attended high school in India, Bangladesh and Pakistan where he grew up loving Western pop music and Bollywood movies, attending temple services where women wore silk saris with t-shirts, and men donned blazers over kurtas, traditional baggy drawstring pants and long shirts - a mix of ancient custom and improvised modernity that would forever inspire his work. Rana left Asia to study fashion design and illustration at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. After graduation he veered into nightlife, working as a performer and door personality at clubs and restaurants in New York and later South Beach. In 2000 he launched his fashion company, Ash Rana Inc and designed clothing for major pop acts including Colombian rocker Juanes, country singer Tim McGraw, and rap stars Lil Kim and Trina.
Ash travels regularly to Asia where he collaborates with local artisans on beaded and hand loomed fabrics as well as collecting heirloom fabric pieces that he incorporates in to his current work.
James Eisele:
James Eisele is a Fashion and Advertising photographer based in West Palm Beach and shooting assignments worldwide. He is a past president of The American Society of Media Photographers South Florida Chapter and his work has been featured in publications such as Vogue Italia, Runway, Ocean Drive, Gold Coast, and Palm Beacher magazines. He has worked as "House Photographer" for Miami International Fashion Week and Funkshion Fashion Week. He is currently collaborating with Italian fashion photographer Flora Marcella on what is to be the first ever book on the Armani Silos in Milan, Italy and recently returned from 2 weeks shooting the most promising new Scandinavian designers at the prestigious TAU School of Design in Malmo, Sweden.
Nicole Galluccio:
Nicole Galluccio is a mixed media visual artist, living and creating in South Florida since earning her BFA from Florida Atlantic University in 1998. Nicole is and artist/designer living in South Florida for the last 20 years...originally from New Jersey. Nicole found a love for painting and over time, her work evolved into more of a vibrant pop art. She has a fond affinity for graffiti and street art and the underground arts culture and movement.
Flavio Iryoda:
Fashion photographer who specializes in haute couture editorials. Born in Brazil from a Japanese family, his photographs have been published internationally in the US, South America and Europe markets.
The Box Gallerycordially invites you to join us for the
2nd Year Anniversary Invitational Exhibition
"Featuring works by six artists residing in Palm Beach County that are changing the national and international cultural landscape. The six artists invited to exhibit were carefully selected for their commitment to excellence and mastery in their respective genres and commitment to international conversations in the art world."
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